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INTERNATIONAL – nexo (international standard for accepting cross-border card payments) kept making progress and attracted 10 new members in 2018: NCR, NSPK and UnionPay International (as Principal Members) as well as AEVI, Bar...

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RUSSIA – Ingenico partners with several Russian banks on streamlining payments for international e-merchants with operations in Russia, enabling them to process card payments locally rather than as cross-border transactions....

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INTERNATIONAL – N26 is now available in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Poland. Launched in 2013 in Germany, they keep focusing on expanding their reach through both geographical and vertical developments. Several partnerships are...

Fraugster, a German start-up using AI to spot fraudulent transactions, just raised $14 million. This round table was led by CommerzVentures and involved the German reinsurer Munich Re, through their Venture Capital arm HSB Ventures, among others.

The British neo-bank Revolut introduces a new range of tools intended to address card fraud and money laundering issues. These services build on Machine Learning and calculation power to identify malicious transactions. Several banking institutions w...

As biometric solutions are increasingly popular and biometric-enabled contactless payment cards are becoming a trend, Zwipe is making adjustments to their products. The Norwegian start-up unveils a new set of white label solutions for fingerprint-bas...